LG&Br,s 2 New Locos A Piko 80 Tank and well read On !

[Gareth]

Well on New Years Day a trip was made to The Bettws -Y-Coed Railway Musem to aquire a Piko 80 tank, well anyway a deal was struck and one was aquired from a starter set and also the 2 wagons were purchased at the same time !. I made sure Igot the hand book included with the set which is very informative and explains about the greasing etc . It recomends running in at a moderate speed for 30 minutes in ither direction. and after cleaning the wheels and light oiling etc. Well After doing this what a little cracker! and very useful little engine . Whatlep has done a very good review and this is what swayed it for me . Watch out LGB you ,ve got a serious competitor!

 

[Gareth]

Well anyway a week later on a peruse through ebay one of these was discovered on a buy it now at a very resonable price so temptation took hold and it was duly purchased

 

[Gareth]

Its an original Delton C-16 and what a beauty built like a tank and a very good runner also very powerful well it entered the works for some small modifications front coupling etc so it can be more useful and what a modell

 

[Bram]

Veeery nice, your a happy bunny then

 

[Spule 4]

Still resisting the Piko BR80. Honestly, I should get one and sell my Harz 2-6-2T which is too big and too new for the rest of my railway.

There is an eBay seller that has many of the Delton parts for sale, as they have many of the parts dating back to the Phil Jensen days reportedly. You may be able to source the missing bits for your model from him.

http://toys.shop.ebay.com/Toys-Hobb...n=1&_ipg=&_ssn=con49079&_trksid=p3911.c0.m282

More about the history your new toy:

http://archive.mylargescale.com/articles/articles/philjensen/PhilJensen01.asp

And do realize, the C16 was close to some of the Baldwin "catalog" locos fo the time.

ENJOY!